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The Second Best Time by Lisa April Smith

The Second Best Time: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Charlie series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Second Best Time runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Amy Landon (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.9listening hrs
Mysterystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.9 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Charlie Series

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 32.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Exceeding Expectations11.5 hrs
2Paradise Misplaced10.6 hrs
3The Second Best Time9.9 hrs

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Second Best Time is book 3 of Lisa April Smith's Charlie series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Amy Landon, released May 10, 2016, on the Mystery shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.9 hrs
Narrated by
Amy Landon
Released
May 10, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery
Series
The Charlie Series #3
ISBN
9781504712460

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Second Best Time as an audiobook?

The Second Best Time runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is The Second Best Time free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Second Best Time?

The Second Best Time is narrated by Amy Landon.